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France Edouard Bieth, managing director of Tillotts Pharma in France, discusses the opportunities and challenges of opening an affiliate in the country and the uniqueness of Tillotts’ specialization in gastrointestinal drugs.   Tillotts France may be young but the expertise within GI has been established on a global scale over decades…

Spain María Jesús Lamas, director and César Hernández García, head of medicines for human use at the Spanish Agency of Medicine and Health Products (AEMPS), discuss the challenges impacting the evaluation and analysis of products today. Furthermore, they give insights into why Spain is a leading global clinical trials destination and…

France The healthcare and life sciences industries, as they become more advanced and complex, increasingly require government involvement to ensure clinical compliance, ethical behaviour and the well-being of the nation. The health sector is subject to mounting regulatory pressures meaning politics must play a key role. As we advance more and more in healthcare…

China Aditya Bhattacharji manages Eurasia Group‘s healthcare analysis. Together with his colleague Sarah Hassan, a researcher at the company they look at China’s skyrocketing health industry and what to expect from it in the Year of the Pig, 2019.    China approved a record 48 new drugs last year, despite a significant organizational restructuring.…

China Brian Mi, president of IQVIA Greater China, shares IQVIA’s leadership position in China in both the commercial and R&D space, building on both IMS Health and Quintiles’ market positioning in China prior to the merger; the CORETM components of IQVIA’s competitive advantage and their transformation into a Human Data Science…

Korea Syneos Health, established through a merger in 2017, has held a foothold in Korea through its legacy organisations for over 10 years. Sora Lee, general manager of Syneos Korea, provides her assessment of the impact of the merger. She also comments on Syneos Health’s MoU with KoNECT (Korea National Enterprise…

France Arnaud Gobet, president of Innothera, discusses how the company balances its unique and diverse offering of medical devices, hygiene and protection products and pharmaceuticals, Innothera’s burgeoning international footprint and the condition of France’s industrial environment.   In the long term, we see the suppression of the ISF (solidarity tax on…

Korea SK Group, the second largest conglomerate in South Korea and renowned as a leader in energy, telecommunications, and the semiconductor business, entered drug development in 1993. In an exclusive interview, Jeong Woo Cho PhD, CEO & president of SK Biopharmaceuticals and SK Life Science, provides an overview of the current…

France Josephine Yang Comiskey, president of GSK France, gives insights into GSK’s corporate culture, portfolio and priorities in France. She also highlights the need for collaboration and a better dialogue between industry and authorities, to ensure quicker market access for innovative products in the country.   We welcome the fact that…

Korea Bong Gil Nam, chairman and owner of Pharmbio Korea, offers his insights on his company’s importance in differentiating itself from the generic competitors in the market. Mr Nam also explains his strategy to expand into the East Asian market and provides his assessment on how established Korean pharmaceutical companies can…

Egypt Last week saw the first meeting of the board of Egypt’s new Universal Healthcare Authority (UHA) managed by the Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait. Created to oversee the implementation of the new universal health insurance system, it will be put in place in July 2019.   The new system will…

USA 80 orphan drugs (those drugs intended to treat diseases so rare that sponsors are reluctant to develop them under usual marketing conditions) were approved in the USA in 2017, a record year and more than double the 40 approved in 2016.   Orphan drug spending grew from 5 to 10%…